To be completely honest....I am not happy.
I have made progress this year in terms of overall texture and knowledge of what MY hair likes but I do feel like I am constantly going 3 steps foward just to go 4 steps back every 3-4 months. I was overprocessed during my january relaxer this year, got almost 3 inches chopped off this march, underprocessed twice which lead to two correctives and more breakage and thinness that I will be dealing with for a while.
If it weren't for those setbacks I know I would have been past shoulder length this year.
I don't want to complain because I have gotten better at determining what my hair needs and at styling but I do feel like I do what I am supposed to do and I am still not seeing the results I should see
I just trimmed my ends so that has helped with my recent tangling but in reality I really need to cut off another inch between now and the new year.
My problem spot, which is in the middle back section of my hair is still much thinner than the rest of my hair and it grows slower than the other sections so when people trim me, they take off too much trying to even my hair out. I have tried everything for that section and nothing seems to really work. I know I am having problems with this section because for YEARS every stylist would overprocess that one section and I think it has damaged my scalp.
I am trying to keep a positive attitude because I am thankful that I have any hair at all but some times I really get down about it. I don't want to complain because I know this takes time and letting go of specific length goals within a certain amount of time has helped me. I still would like to be brastrap by 2009 but I know that it might not happen then and that is okay with me. Its just that sometimes I feel like even arm pit length might not EVER happen. Who knows?
Meanwhile, my sister who fries, dyes, and lays to the side, has just started using no heat and deep conditioning once a week and her hair is starting to take off
erplexed
Oh well, let me stop complaining now